Labor Rising

At a time of high unemployment, failing economies and slashed public spending, what does the future hold? On the heels of the expansive Occupy movement, the lessons of history are a vital handhold for the thousands of activists and citizens everywhere who sense that something has gone terribly wrong. This pithy yet accessible volume provides readers with an understanding of the history that is directly relevant to the economic and political crises working people face today. Labor Rising points the way to a revitalized 21st century labour movement.

Daniel Katz is a professor of history and the dean of labor studies at the National Labor College in Silver Spring, Maryland. A former union organizer, he sits on the boards of the New York State Labor History Association and Jews for Racial and Economic Justice. He is the author of All Together Different-Yiddish Socialists, Garment Workers, and the Labor Roots of Multiculturalism. He lives in Brooklyn. RICHARD A. GREENWALD is a professor of history and social sciences and the dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at St. Joseph's College in Brooklyn. He is the author of The Triangle Fire, the Protocols of Peace, and Industrial Democracy in Progressive Era Hew York. He blags on workplace issues for In These Times and has written for The Progressive, Businessweek online, the Brooklyn Rail, and the Wall Street Journal. He lives in Queens, New York.